WTC final: Bad light in cricket - what is the device umpires use?
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The final session of Day 2 of the WTC final in Southampton was curtailed midway due to bad light. Prior to 2010, the umpires used to depend on the advice of the batting side to decide on bad light. The light meter they carry now is a device with a light sensor at one end and a window at the other which displays the reading that indicates the current light conditions. The reference point for measuring bad light is always their first reading.